Catholic Match Institute » Dan Flahertyhttp://institute.catholicmatch.com
Tue, 03 Mar 2015 15:34:04 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1Singing Marriage Proposal Will Melt Your Hearthttp://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/10/singing-marriage-proposal-will-melt-your-heart/
http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/10/singing-marriage-proposal-will-melt-your-heart/#commentsWed, 22 Oct 2014 10:00:46 +0000http://institute.catholicmatch.com/?p=33606Most people come to CatholicMatch for the first time because they’re looking for a spouse. Katty came for a different reason—she was looking to find out her temperament.... Read More]]>http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/10/singing-marriage-proposal-will-melt-your-heart/feed/3After Trying 3 Other Online Dating Sites, Jim Met ‘The One’http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/10/the-forums-brought-reena-to-the-attention-of-jim/
http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/10/the-forums-brought-reena-to-the-attention-of-jim/#commentsSat, 18 Oct 2014 10:00:43 +0000http://institute.catholicmatch.com/?p=33419The mere willingness of Jim to fly across the country to meet Reena touched her, and she found his sincerity and effort attractive. No less attractive was his commitment to the Catholic Church, particularly in her teachings on marriage and pro-life issues.]]>http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/10/the-forums-brought-reena-to-the-attention-of-jim/feed/6The Latin Mass Brought Them Togetherhttp://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/10/tania-was-starting-to-give-up-on-catholicmatch/
http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/10/tania-was-starting-to-give-up-on-catholicmatch/#commentsWed, 08 Oct 2014 10:00:48 +0000http://institute.catholicmatch.com/?p=33409Tania was feeling pessimistic about CatholicMatch. She had joined on the recommendation of her pastor and truly felt like it was God’s will for her life. But she... Read More]]>http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/10/tania-was-starting-to-give-up-on-catholicmatch/feed/9International Meeting and Romantic First Kisshttp://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/09/brendan-stayed-open-to-an-international-relationship/
http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/09/brendan-stayed-open-to-an-international-relationship/#commentsSat, 20 Sep 2014 10:00:28 +0000http://institute.catholicmatch.com/?p=33183“I felt I had to open my heart and put my will into God’s hands, to be open to any woman I may meet through CM, regardless of her location,” Brendan recalled. “CM seemed to be the right conduit to potentially have this opportunity, but I did not set out to do this intentionally.”]]>http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/09/brendan-stayed-open-to-an-international-relationship/feed/10New York City Natives Find Love Onlinehttp://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/09/new-york-city-natives-find-love-online/
http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/09/new-york-city-natives-find-love-online/#commentsWed, 17 Sep 2014 10:00:25 +0000http://institute.catholicmatch.com/?p=33175Paul had just started coming back to regular Mass attendance when he heard of CatholicMatch. The 52-year-old post office manager in New York City had been sort of on-again, off-again as a churchgoer. Then tragedy struck. His wife died of cancer.]]>http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/09/new-york-city-natives-find-love-online/feed/3Kevin & Sarah Found Each Other Just An Hour Awayhttp://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/09/33060/
http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/09/33060/#commentsWed, 10 Sep 2014 10:00:45 +0000http://institute.catholicmatch.com/?p=33060Sarah was browsing profiles and Kevin noticed that she had clicked on his. He gave her profile a return look. “I was extremely interested,” he said. “I sent her a message and we went back and forth a few times. I asked her if she wanted to speak on the phone and she said she did.”
Sarah agreed to talk on the phone and when Kevin asked her out in that initial conversation—they live within an hour of each other in North Carolina—she also agreed. But she was also surprised...]]>http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/09/33060/feed/5Ethan & Mariette Heard The Wedding March On Their First Datehttp://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/09/ethan-mariette-heard-the-wedding-march-on-their-first-date/
http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/09/ethan-mariette-heard-the-wedding-march-on-their-first-date/#commentsSat, 06 Sep 2014 10:00:31 +0000http://institute.catholicmatch.com/?p=33021There were wedding bells, in a manner of speaking, on that first date. Ethan and Mariette went to church at the base of the famous Seattle Space Needle. As they prayed together, the organist was practicing the wedding march. Ethan found it romantic, and it proved to be prophetic.]]>http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/09/ethan-mariette-heard-the-wedding-march-on-their-first-date/feed/0Widower Can’t Imagine His Life With Someone Elsehttp://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/09/widower-cant-imagine-his-life-with-someone-else/
http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/09/widower-cant-imagine-his-life-with-someone-else/#commentsWed, 03 Sep 2014 10:00:50 +0000http://www.catholicmatch.com/institute/?p=32885Paul’s wife Debby was dying. They both knew it, and in their last Christmas together, she told him it was time for a talk. Hushing his protests, Debby... Read More]]>http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/09/widower-cant-imagine-his-life-with-someone-else/feed/11Steve Proposed With a Top 10 Listhttp://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/08/the-entire-neighborhood-pushed-katie-to-catholicmatch/
http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/08/the-entire-neighborhood-pushed-katie-to-catholicmatch/#commentsSat, 30 Aug 2014 10:00:51 +0000http://www.catholicmatch.com/institute/?p=32847They were hanging out together on a Friday night, and fueled by a couple glasses of wine, the group got Katie to create a profile on CatholicMatch, and she browsed the site. She noticed Steve's profile.
]]>http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/08/the-entire-neighborhood-pushed-katie-to-catholicmatch/feed/4How Our Communication Was Better in a Long-Distance Relationshiphttp://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/08/32814/
http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/08/32814/#commentsWed, 27 Aug 2014 10:00:24 +0000http://www.catholicmatch.com/institute/?p=32814Sean and Ashley have used the distance between them to enhance their communication skills, and to have serious discussions about the life they wanted and where they thought God was calling them.]]>http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/08/32814/feed/7I Gave Up My Dream Job to Save My Relationshiphttp://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/08/32806/
http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/08/32806/#commentsSat, 23 Aug 2014 10:00:02 +0000http://www.catholicmatch.com/institute/?p=32806In the summer of 2012, James and Anne Marie were at different places in their lives, but were walking the same path of faith. Those paths eventually converged,... Read More]]>http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/08/32806/feed/11Skyping Their Way To Love … Across the Oceanhttp://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/08/skyping-their-way-to-love-in-a-trans-atlantic-relationship/
http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/08/skyping-their-way-to-love-in-a-trans-atlantic-relationship/#commentsWed, 20 Aug 2014 06:00:56 +0000http://www.catholicmatch.com/institute/?p=32704Optimism, focus and ambition marked Bob’s approach to online dating when he joined CatholicMatch, and those three factors all came together to give the 48-year-old from Fort Lauderdale... Read More]]>http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/08/skyping-their-way-to-love-in-a-trans-atlantic-relationship/feed/1After 9 Years On CatholicMatch Angela Found The Onehttp://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/08/after-nine-years-on-catholicmatch-angela-found-the-one/
http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/08/after-nine-years-on-catholicmatch-angela-found-the-one/#commentsSat, 16 Aug 2014 06:00:30 +0000http://www.catholicmatch.com/institute/?p=32681“Sometimes I would be very active, checking in every day,” the then-28-year-old recalled. “Other times I would let it sit for months. I did meet a few nice guys on here, but we just didn’t click. But I never gave up hope that I would meet ‘The One’ someday.”]]>http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/08/after-nine-years-on-catholicmatch-angela-found-the-one/feed/3Betty Shrank The Distance Between Her And Matthewhttp://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/08/betty-shrank-the-distance-between-her-and-matthew/
http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/08/betty-shrank-the-distance-between-her-and-matthew/#commentsWed, 13 Aug 2014 06:00:36 +0000http://www.catholicmatch.com/institute/?p=32647“When I arrived home, Matthew and I continued our long-distance relationship via phone and enjoyed praying the rosary with each other… (but) there was one night where we thanked each other for the time we had put into our relationship, cried our eyes out while praying and saying our goodbyes.” It seemed as though that was there things would end—on a gracious, yet sad note.]]>http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/08/betty-shrank-the-distance-between-her-and-matthew/feed/1Married … With 9 Childrenhttp://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/08/married-with-9-children/
http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/08/married-with-9-children/#commentsSat, 09 Aug 2014 06:00:17 +0000http://www.catholicmatch.com/institute/?p=32638Over the course of the next three months she put together a list of traits that any future partner of hers would have to have. The list would end up with nine, and she gave it to God. “Here’s my heart,” she said to the Lord in prayer. “I’m going to wait and see.]]>http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/08/married-with-9-children/feed/5Patrick Counted Down the Hours to Their First Datehttp://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/08/it-took-giving-a-second-chance-to-find-the-right-person/
http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/08/it-took-giving-a-second-chance-to-find-the-right-person/#commentsWed, 06 Aug 2014 06:00:22 +0000http://www.catholicmatch.com/institute/?p=32467Cara was departing from her first date with Patrick feeling reasonably sure that he wasn’t the one. She hadn’t ruled out seeing him again. But she was also in communication with someone else on CatholicMatch and was a little taken aback by Patrick’s forthright approach.]]>http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/08/it-took-giving-a-second-chance-to-find-the-right-person/feed/4She Found the Right Person Two States Awayhttp://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/07/32451/
http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/07/32451/#commentsSat, 26 Jul 2014 06:00:02 +0000http://www.catholicmatch.com/institute/?p=32451Why in the world would I waste my time talking to someone so far away?, Sheri thought to herself when the chat request from Robbie came through on her CatholicMatch account. He’s in Minnesota for goodness sakes! Two states away! Yes, the then-23-year-old from St. Louis was a little skeptical. But she decided there was really nothing to lose—it was only an online chat request. So she responded and the door was opened to something beautiful.]]>http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/07/32451/feed/2Breaking Out of a Comfort Zone Into Lifetime Happinesshttp://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/07/breaking-out-of-a-comfort-zone-and-into-lifetime-happiness/
http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/07/breaking-out-of-a-comfort-zone-and-into-lifetime-happiness/#commentsSat, 19 Jul 2014 06:00:00 +0000http://www.catholicmatch.com/institute/?p=32436One problem was that there wasn’t a lot of hope for finding dating prospects. Angie lived in a small town in central Florida, whose population was mostly retirees. Yet, she was also not entirely comfortable with the idea of online dating. “I can be kind of shy and I usually avoid situations that require me to talk to lots of strangers,” she said. “Online dating would be the opposite of my comfort zone.”]]>http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/07/breaking-out-of-a-comfort-zone-and-into-lifetime-happiness/feed/4Making a Long-Distance Relationship Workhttp://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/07/going-all-in-for-online-dating-produced-the-right-results/
http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/07/going-all-in-for-online-dating-produced-the-right-results/#commentsSat, 12 Jul 2014 06:00:31 +0000http://www.catholicmatch.com/institute/?p=32424“If I was going to do this, I was going all-in.” That’s how 25-year-old Ali described her mindset when she joined CatholicMatch. This determination shouldn’t be mistaken for... Read More]]>http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/07/going-all-in-for-online-dating-produced-the-right-results/feed/3A Relationship That Persevered Through Disasterhttp://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/07/a-relationship-that-persevered-through-disaster/
http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/07/a-relationship-that-persevered-through-disaster/#commentsSat, 05 Jul 2014 06:00:33 +0000http://www.catholicmatch.com/institute/?p=32233After much prayer—specifically a novena to St. Anthony and to St. Joseph—Lucy decided Daniel was worth responding to, so she upgraded to full membership and replied. Their communication got off to a good start, but it still took a few months to actually get together—a literal disaster intervened.]]>http://institute.catholicmatch.com/2014/07/a-relationship-that-persevered-through-disaster/feed/1